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Ordered a blue NATO strap for the blue face Citizen Automatic. My wife wants to wear it and I don’t want to remove/add links whenever she wears it and I wear it.





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Name a CFB(SEC) centric site with satellite (general topics) in orbit around it that is on this level?


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If I had a higher end watch that I might be interested in parting ways with, would it be against the rules to post it here to see if anyone might be interested?


What ya got?
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When someone clearly doesn’t know what they are talkinn mm g about do you ever correct them? This obviously not being a tremendous timepiece but….


I don’t correct them.

As not being a “tremendous timepiece”, it was $650 new ($300 used). I know it’s not a highend watch, but it’s a damn well built watch with some of Citizen best works in it.
$50 pick up today at a garage sale, box, extra links, etc.
guy said it needed a new battery

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That’s really neat. I was not aware these co-signed pocket watches existed for a Louisville jeweler.


I first thought it was re-cased, but since have learned Patek exported many of their works alone, to be re-cased. It saved them on the tariffs. All the cases PP made were 18K, sold mostly in Europe.

Watch fashion question - Is it a faux pas to wear a diver with a suit? I’ve seen some people say it’s a no-no. A diver is not a dress watch. They say it’s like wearing white after Labor Day.
My latest pick up, 1909 Patek pocket watch.
Do I keep it or sell it and buy something?




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Read a book a long, long time ago before I went to Vegas the first time. Written by some famous pro gambler. One line stuck with me. Dumbest thing ever said in a casino is “I am playing with the houses money.” When they hand you a chip, it’s now your money. Point being, when you are “up” and you lose it. That’s your money you lost. You lost $900 no matter what you tell yourself.


That’s how I see it. It’s not what is in your pocket as you walk in vs what’s in your pocket when you walk out, you need to count the rake. You could have walked out with $1500, but you lost $900 back, walking out with $100 more than you came in with, in stead of $1000 more than you walked in with.
A little debate we having at work.

Let’s say you go to the casino with $500 in your pocket. You hit a $1000 jackpot on the first spin of a slot. You now have $1500.

You gamble it back, walk out the casino with $600 in your pocket.

Did you win $100, or lose $900?

Same as betting on line, say you bet $100 on Saturday, hitting a few games, winning $500. You don’t take the winning off the app. On Sunday, you lose it all, balance zero.
Did you lose $$100 or lose $500?

My recent pick up. A Soviet-made works, 17J Cornavin Pentaflex with a Pinwheel second hand display.



I didn’t like the cheap Speidel bracelet, so I ordered a couple replacements. The lugs are only 18mm, so even these replacements look too small for this case. I just ordered an adapter to go from 18mm to 22mm, and an another stainless bracelet.




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Got this in a box of cereal in the 60's or 70's maybe?


What does it say at the bottom of the face?
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Don’t know if I’d call this a “luxury” watch


I see this thread as a “watch” thread, anything from vintage to luxury.

Awesome watch BTW
My newest vintage pick up off FB.

1995 Seiko Kinetic. Band has been cut so it’s a little tight on my wrist, and damn near impossible to find a OEM replacement.

Decided to keep the Mido automatic. Put it in a wide band, to kind of mimic Brad Pitt’s Citizen Bullhead from “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”



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Comparing American convenience store food to Japanese convenience store food is equivalent to eating shite and calling it steak.


If they only knew, correct? (I guess that’s why I have IYKYK in the title)

There are several items at the Family Mart and 7-11, that out shine nearly every fast food item in the US.

I know a lot of people just don’t like egg salad, but I could live on the Japanese egg salad sandwich at either store.
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I'm in a Family Mart on average 2-3 times a month in Sendai and Tokyo and I can honestly say I've never seen a chicken sandwich in there, not that I've ever been looking.


The chicken patty is at the check out counter, clerk has to get it for you. In front of the hot box (where the chicken patties are located), there are buns prepackaged.

The “shirt” Godzilla is wearing in my OP, it the package the clerk puts the patty into.

Not sure where else they are available around the world, but the Famichiki at Family Mart in Japan is the greatest chicken sandwich.

A little image I created in AI, I’m gonna make shirts with it



Omega SeaMaster 300M.

Just bought it!!!

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ETA: I just realized who I replied to...of course, you're going to sell it.


Just like I did when I built my massive LSU collection years ago, I’m building my watch collection the same way, with OPM (other people’s money).

I sold my two 14kt gold watches last week for $1500, to put towards my Omega. I paid $600 for the pair.
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Nice find! Do you plan on selling or keeping it a while?


Both, it’s on eBay already for $300, if it doesn’t sell, I’ll keep it. I’m buying a Seamaster 300M next week, so if it sells, it’s going toward it.
A pick up off Facebook today for $30. There were 10 watches, all junk except this Mido Multifort automatic.

The lady states that all the watches needed new batteries. Gave it a quick shake, been running since

Worth about $250-$300 from what I can tell